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• Post #4467634

  Last week myself and five others went on a 400+km / 260 mile cycle tour around Central England. The route was Derby - Daventry - Cirencester - Derby. Due to excellent planning most of the climbing was done by lunchtime each day. We had a coffee stop in the morning and ice cream in the afternoon. We found a couple of nice cafes, Culworth and Northleach were the groups favourite. Nice weather with an overnight downpour on Tuesday. #BikeTooter

• Post #3544859

  Caught Google AI out this evening (I avoid Google and AI as a rule). Chatting to herself trying to recall a French bike packing racer but the name did not come to me. She asked Google AI for some names. But, it came out with a person I did not know as winner of #tcr no7. I said Fiona Kohlbinger won that race and she challenged AI. It was incredibly apologetic and admitted it had made a mistake. Not important in the scheme of things but confirms my lack of trust in it. Got the name I was after.

• Post #2738540

  On this morning's spin I put in an effort on 4.4km stretch of fairly quiet road. Strava told me I had done a PB so I looked at the segment. Over 4,000 other riders were quicker than me so I decided to look at the old gits (65+) and I was just outside the top 100. But, the fella two seconds quicker than me, with an unusual Italian name, is almost certainly someone I went to primary school with who I haven't seen since 1970. We are both still localish #BikeTooter

• Post #2738539

  Wordle 1,787 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

• Post #2738538

  Currently reading Gillian O’Brien’s excellent book ‘The Darkness Echoing’. In it she mentions how a 14 year old boy in 1854 was locked up for three days for annoying passengers by shooting marbles. A bit harsh but I would consider it an acceptable sentence for peeps who play their phone loud on trains.

• Post #2738537

  Wordle 1,790 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew!

• Post #1178002

  Finally my first Audax of the season, the 104km Charnwood in the Spring event this afternoon. Total distance was 137.5km by the time I had ridden to and from the start. Felt slow all day although I did achieve my regular Audax pace. Wind on the way home picked up and brought almost to a standstill on a couple of occasions. Nice rest now.

• Post #1177999

  Happening in Derby on Saturday from 10am to 4pm. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk027rpeelo (The photo used is NOT Derby, surely something local could have been found) #derby